The bullet
Bullet found lodged in Metula security coordinator's car
A car in Metula, belonging to the town's security coordinator and head of council, is found to have a bullet lodged in its hood; bullet suspected to have been fired from Lebanon.
The IDF and Israel Police are examining how a bullet got lodged in the side of the car of a security coordinator parked on the northern side of the northern town of Metula, opposite a Lebanese village.
The bullet did not penetrate the hood of the car and no one was injured.
The car was parked on the northern side of the town, opposite Kafr Kila on the Lebanese side of the border.
The bullet, still lodged in the hood of Azoulay's car
Metula security coordinator David Azoulay, who's also head of the Metula local council, told Ynet that when he returned to his vehicle he discovered the bullet lodged in the hood of the car.
"It can be estimated that it was shot from a great distance because the bullet did not penetrate the hood and remained stuck in it," Azoulay said.
The council head added that the incident was very unusual and that the quiet in the town had been preserved.
As the bullet hit the hood at a downward angle, some of the town's residents posited that it was fired into the air as part of the Independence Day celebrations in Lebanon, which took place Monday, or some other celebration.
Celebratory gunfire is known to be culturally accepted in Lebanon.
The bullet hole
The bullet is a 7.62 mm caliber round, suitable for AK-47 Kalashnikov rifle and even an MAG machine gun.
The last security incident in the region took place in January of this year, when shots were fired from a vehicle on the Lebanese side towards an IDF force.
